Improvement in fishing-reels



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES YV. MAGCORD, OF YVEEHA'VKEN, NEV JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN FISHING-REELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 147,414, dated February 10, i874; application filed November 1, 1873.

yTo all whom t may concern:

structed. To this end, my invention consists,

iirst, in so constructing the spool containing the line that it may be removed and replaced at pleasure; and, second, in providing one of the end` plates of the frame of the reel with an opening of sufficient size, fitted with a suitable cap or cover, secured in any convenient manner, so that the spool may be taken out by simply removing the cap.

The detachable spools may be used in a simple or plain reel, as Well as in a multiplying77 one; but it will be more convenient to explain first the improved arrangement of the latter, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a central axial section of the iinproved reel. Fig. 2 is another section taken transversely to its axis.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both gurcs.

rlhe peculiarity of the frame of thc reel consists in the construction of the end plates A and B, which are united in the usual manner by the stretchers or short bars G C. rlhe plate A is annular, and its inner circumference, which is slightly larger than the spool lt, is screw-threaded for the reception of a cap or cover, which closes the opening in said plate. The spool is removed through the opening in the plate A. The cap or cover might be hinged to said plate and secured by a catch; but I deem it preferable to screw the cover into the plate, as shown in the drawing. The plate B supports the crankshaft l), being provided, it' desired, with a boss, a, for that purpose. Moreover, it is recessed on its inner side to contain the system of gear-wheels establishing the conn eetion between said shaft and the spool E. The spool, which is made in the usual way, with two flanges convex on their opposite sides, is supported on a journal,

reel from the rod.

l, on the end of the crank-shaft D, and a stud or pin, e, provided opposite it 5 although pivots or journals may be formed in the axle of the spool, turning in holes or bearings in the shaft D and the cover G. A large gear-wheel, H, on the crank-shaft, gears into a smaller one, I, which is formed with, or secured to, a smaller one, J, concentric with it. The two wheels I J turn upon a stud fixed within the plate B 5 and the larger wheel J, gearing into a smaller one, K, fixed on the axle of the spool, transmits its motion to the spool itself, the velocity of the latter being greater than that of the crankshaft in any desired ratio, by reason of the disparity in the diameters oi' the gear-Wheels.

The adjacent liange of the spool incloses the gear-wheels, which are contained in the plate B, so that a separate box to protect them is not necessary, thus making the reel lighter. The reel is also more compact and symmetrical, because its several parts arc concentric 5 this also lessens the cost by enabling the maker to iinish the whole in the lathe.

When multiplying-gear is not to be used, or if that of the commonv arrangement be preA ferred, l have devised another very Vsimple way of connecting a detachable spool with the crank-shaft. lt consists, merely, of a flat screwdriver-like portion on the inner end ot' t-he central. shaft, fitting into a notch in the end of the spools axle, an extension of the shaft being formed into a pivot, fitting into a hole drilled in the axle of the spool, for the purpose of supporting the spool in its axial position. The iiat portion and the pivot may also be formed upon the axle of the spool, and the notch and the hole in the central shalt.

WThenever, for any reason, it is desirable to exchange one line for another, it is simply necessary to remove the cover G from the opening' in the plate A, withdraw the spool. that is within the rcel, insert its substitute, and replace the cover. in a few seconds, and without dctachingI the rEhus all the inconvenience formerly experienced in replacing a line is ola viated. Moreover, the operation of ceiling a line upon the spool is much more readily performed when the latter is detached than when it is confined within the frame.

All this may be donc A What I claim as my invention isable spools, substantially as and for the purl. A fishing-reel, constructed and adapted pose herein set forth.

for the ready attachment and removal of the spool, 'substantially as described.

v 2. The combination7 in a shng-reel, of a detachable cap or cover, fitted to an opening in one 0f its end plates, and one or more removoHARLEs W. MCCORD.

Witnesses HENRY T. BROWN, MICHAEL RYAN. 

